title: Pathological preoccupation with video games.
abstract: Controversy continues concerning the harmfulness of video game use by children. The author encountered clearly pathological preoccupation with video games in a preadolescent. The child had stolen, forged checks, and skipped school to continue using video games. He and his mother were physically abused by his father. Placement of the child in a residential treatment center with martial and family therapy resulted in resolution of the patient's pathological use of video games.
authors.affiliation: Inpatient Psychiatry, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, OR 97207.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Keepers
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy; D010988:Play and Playthings; D013800:Theft / Q000523:psychology*